The seawater on either side swiftly rushed back in after the aftershocks of that strike dissipated.
The grayish-white tiger head vanished beyond the horizon, and the tsunami it had raised disappeared at the edge of their vision as well.
Tap, tap, tap, tap~~~
Once the seawater had completely filled the gap, Ron sprinted across the surface.
Meanwhile, the undertow from the returning seawater swept the Marine warship a considerable distance backward.
The ship rocked violently, with Marine soldiers sprawled all over the deck. If Tsuru had not been there, quite a few of them would have been thrown overboard.
"Is that really power a human can unleash??" Tsuru looked as though she did not know whether to laugh or cry, before her expression finally settled into one of misery.
Just now... she had seen it with her own eyes.
Merely the aftershocks of Ron's strike had lifted the entire sea.
Even Roger, Garp's formidable rival, had been almost powerless to fight back against Ron.
Tsuru remained silent for a long time, then suddenly smiled in acceptance.
She had lied to Garp, telling him she had already escaped. Now, she felt she had done the right thing.
"Perhaps dying at the hands of someone like him... isn't such a bitter way to go," Tsuru muttered to herself.
Before long, Ron returned to the ship.
The instant he jumped onto the deck, he deactivated Sage Fox Mode and the Eight Gates.
The golden Chakra Cloak and blue steam faded from his body.
He walked to the bow without looking at Tsuru and said evenly, "Let's go. Keep heading for Amazon Lily."
Tsuru hesitated for a moment before speaking. "We may have to wait a while... Everyone aboard except me was knocked unconscious by the Conqueror's Haki you released during that fight.